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Ukraine security guarantees must be real, not bluffs, Lithuania says

By Thomson Reuters Jan 5, 2026 | 5:17 AM

OSLO, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Any security guarantees offered ‍to Ukraine as part of a deal to end ‌the war with ‌Russia must be real, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys said ​on Monday.

“We can’t be ‍bluffing… ​Russia wouldn’t ​buy our bluffs. ‍It needs to be real… The security guarantees need to ‍be very clear,” Budrys told a ‍joint ‍press conference ​in Vilnius ​with ⁠his German counterpart ‌Johann Wadephul.

(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis, editing by Terje Solsvik and Essi ⁠Lehto)